𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟱𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka, this afternoon officially welcomed four Forum leaders who arrived in Honiara to attend the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM).

Hon. Agovaka was at the Honiara International Airport to receive the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, Hon. Dr. Aisake Valu, and the Premier of Niue, Hon. Dalton Emani, who arrived on a Royal New Zealand Air Force flight.

Shortly after, a private flight brought in the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Hon. Feleti Penitala Teo, along with the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Baron Waqa.

Delegates from member countries and the PIF Secretariat also arrived on the same flight.

To mark the occasion, women and girls from Central Guadalcanal performed a traditional ‘Tatalonga’ ceremony to welcome the guests.

Over the coming days, additional Forum leaders and delegates will continue to arrive in Honiara for what is expected to be one of the most significant regional gatherings in recent years.

End///

[MFAET]